Foreign journalists were beaten with sticks and fists by pro-government mobs on Thursday, and dozens were detained by security forces. The U.S. condemned what it called the "systematic targeting" of the reporters, photographers and film crews who have brought searing images of Egyptian protests to the world.

The NFL and its players' union acknowledged Thursday they have not held a large-group negotiating session since November and there are no formal meetings scheduled to work toward a new collective bargaining agreement.

Alfred E. Kahn, who presided over the historic deregulation of the U.S. airline industry during President Jimmy Carter's administration, paving the way for JetBlue and other low-cost carriers, died Monday. He was 93.

An administration official says Richard Holbrooke, a longtime U.S. diplomat who wrote part of the Pentagon Papers, was the architect of the 1995 Bosnia peace plan and served as President Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, has died. He was 69.